Tesla has pulled off the world’s first autonomous delivery of a vehicle, a car that drove itself to its new owner. The self-driving Tesla Model Y made the journey from the company’s Gigafactory in Austin, Texas, to a customer’s home about 30 minutes away, navigating highways, intersections, traffic signals, and city streets entirely on its own.
The milestone event was shared widely online, with Tesla first releasing a three-minute time-lapse teaser, followed by a full 30-minute video on Saturday.
The footage showed the Model Y departing from the Gigafactory garage with no one in the driver’s seat.
World’s first autonomous delivery of a car!
This Tesla drove itself from Gigafactory Texas to its new owner’s home ~30min away — crossing parking lots, highways & the city to reach its new owner pic.twitter.com/WFSIaEU6Oq
— Tesla (@Tesla) June 28, 2025
Filmed from the back seat, the video captured the vehicle expertly maneuvering roads, executing turns, observing stop signs, yielding at red lights, and handling real-time traffic situations without any human intervention.
The Model Y parked itself under the owner’s building at the end of the journey.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk reposted the video on X, with a one-word caption: “Kapow.”
Kapow! ???? https://t.co/vltieZy7nO
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 28, 2025
Ashok Elluswamy, Tesla’s Head of AI and Autopilot, confirmed that the vehicle reached speeds of up to 115 km per hour during the trip.
“The first fully autonomous delivery of a Tesla Model Y from factory to a customer home across town, including highways, was just completed a day ahead of schedule!!” Elon Musk wrote on X.
In a follow-up post, he wrote, “There were no people in the car at all and no remote operators in control at any point. FULLY autonomous!” He added, “To the best of our knowledge, this is the first fully autonomous drive with no people in the car or remotely operating the car on a public highway.”
There were no people in the car at all and no remote operators in control at any point. FULLY autonomous!
To the best of our knowledge, this is the first fully autonomous drive with no people in the car or remotely operating the car on a public highway.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 27, 2025
Earlier, on June 22, Tesla started testing its long-awaited robotaxi service in Austin. A small group of influencers and investors got rides in self-driving Model Y cars. Musk had hinted at both the robotaxi launch and the self-driving delivery earlier this month on X. He says Tesla plans to have millions of robotaxis on the road in the future.
Musk also wants Tesla to make large numbers of Optimus humanoid robots. With EV sales slowing in places like North America and Europe, and some public backlash over Musk’s politics, these new AI products could help boost the company’s future.
Tesla first showed off this kind of hands-free driving in April, when it posted a video of cars moving from its Texas factory floor to parking lots on their own.
It remains unclear if autonomous deliveries will become a regular part of Tesla’s process.
